Improvement in heel boots for horses



W. MATHIS.

Heel-Boots'for Hors es.

"No, 144,782, I Patented Nov. 18,1873.

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WILLIAM MATHI S, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEEL-BOOTS FOR HORSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,782; dated November18,1873 application filed June 14, 1873.

- to fit into the hollow part between and below the quarters of thehorses hoof, in combination with a plate serrated or formed with finepoints or teeth on its inner side, attached on the front part to holdfast on the horses 1100f, whereby the heel boot is kept securely in itsplace.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure I represents a side view of aheel-boot, attached to a horses foot, embodying my invention. Fig. I Iis a section of the same.

A represents a heel-boot, the back part, B,

.of which is made of two thicknesses of leather,

n n, with a steel or metal plate, m, between them, shaped in a suitableform to fit the quarters of the horses foot, and lined with felt, a, orany other suitable soft material. (See Fig. II.) The arrangement of themetal plate m between the two leathers n and n keeps this back part orcap always in shape, even if the leather should get soft and likely tocome out of shape on account of water, moisture, or other causes. On thelower part of this cap B a lip or projecting tongue, E, is made, of sucha size and shape as to fit into the hollow part between and below thequarters of the horses hoof. By the arrangement of this lip or tongue Ethe heel-boot is kept perfectly fast, and prevented fiom slipping upwardout of its proper place. a a are the straps by which the boot isfastened around'the hoof. To these straps a a a plate, D, is fastened,in such a place that the said plate D will come to lie upon the frontpart of the hoof when the heelboot is fastened on. The inner side ofthis plate D is serrated or arranged with fine teeth, or the same may bemade with any suitable rough surface, for the purpose of taking hold andholding fast to the hoof, and prevent thereby the heel=boot, whenstrapped and fastened to the hoof, from moving and shift= ing out of itsproper place.

I prefer to give to this plate D as large a surface as possible, andshape the same to suit the form of the front of the hoof, and to makethe serrated part or points far apart, to pre vent any damage to thispart of the hoof.

I do not claim, broadly, a metallic stiffener in the back of heel-bootsfor horses; but.

I claim- 1. The downward-projecting lip or tongue E as the back ofheel-boots for horses, in combination with a suitable metallic plate, m,between the lining and outer covering in the cap or after part B, andprojecting lip E, substantially in the manner and for the purpose setforth.

2. In heel-boots for horses, the projecting lip or tongue E, to fit intothe hollow between and below the quarters of a horses foot, incombination with a serrated plate, D,- attached at the front to thestraps to a, substantially as and for the purposedesoribed.

WILLIAM MATHIS Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, O. THORNTON.

